What is 19.987 percent of 5 - step by step solution

To get the solution, we are looking for, we need to point out what we know.

1. We assume, that the number 5 is 100% - because it's the output value of the task.
2. We assume, that x is the value we are looking for.
3. If 5 is 100%, so we can write it down as 5=100%.
4. We know, that x is 19.987% of the output value, so we can write it down as x=19.987%.
5. Now we have two simple equations:
1) 5=100%
2) x=19.987%
where left sides of both of them have the same units, and both right sides have the same units, so we can do something like that:
5/x=100%/19.987%
6. Now we just have to solve the simple equation, and we will get the solution we are looking for.

7. Solution for what is 19.987% of 5

5/x=100/19.987
(5/x)*x=(100/19.987)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x
5=5.003252113874*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (5.003252113874) to get x
5/5.003252113874=x
0.99935=x
x=0.99935

now we have:
19.987% of 5=0.99935